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The AUC Review, Vol. VI, No. 13

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THE A.U.C. REVIEW
Student Publication of the American College of Arts and Sciences
Vol. VI No 13
Thiirsdav. May 22, 1930.
P.T. 1
A.U.C. Physical Pdiicatioii Impresses Pg^ypt
COLLEGE FLAYERS WILL GIVE GREAT CLASSIC COMEDY.
“She Stoops to Conquer” WHl Ci">wn Successful Year of Drama Production.
'I'lio filtli anmiai C.'oiimieiic.'iiu'iu I’lav of the C'ollej;e will he a i rnlii'-tion known lar and wide as cue < i the most entertaining of eiassir comedies. whether j ast of ] resent. he-ing, namely, Oliver (loldsmith's, “She Stoo]is To ('on(|iier". F.wart Me.ic riai Hall, of <-onr-e, will he the scene oi the I'lay. at S.-l,') ] .m., on W diic-dav, the 2Hth of ilay.
'the Commeneement jhays of the past have been ef a nature to arouse interest even outside the normal sjihcre cf cc,liege ac(|uaintanee.shi] , hut the addition of Kwart Hall to the College has enabled our dramatic sovieties to jjresent jolished ])roductions that liave attracted cite wide interest dn-
(Continued on page if.)
CHANGES FOR NEXT YEAR ARE ANNOUNCED
Public Service Freshman Classroom Hours are Increased.
.\t the last meeting of the College Faculty a very important action was taken changing the length of the school day for next year. Instead of running from 8 a.m. to 1.10 ]).m. as at j re-sent, the hours will he from 8 a.m. until if.40 i).m. This reduces the length of the school day by thirty minutes. Most of this time is saved by retlu'cing the lunch jjeriod from eighty to fifty-five minutes. The Faculty was agreed that the jiresent lunch period is entirely too long and the entire da\ can be made more efficient by reducing this period. .\t the same meeting the F’acnlty also took action increasing the number of actual classroom hours for the members of th.'“ F’reshnien class. These changes are a-follows;
OUTSTANDING IN TRACK.
COLLEGE IS HIGHLY PRAISED. IN EGYPTIAN PARLIAMENT.
“Would that We Have Generous Persons Such as the American University Has behind It. ’
Elia Nassar.
ROBERT COLLEGE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING ACCEPTS
SOPHOMORE DIPLOMA.
Arrangements have just been completed with Robert College at Constan-tinoj)le whereby students who have completed successfully the two year.' of the ])re-engineering course (Freshman and Sophomore) in .A.I'.C. may enter the School of F.ngineering (.f Robert.('oUege without examination.
'I’he School of F'.ngineering of Robert College is one of the finest engineering schools in the Xear Fast. It is under the direction of the New Yorx Board of Regents and maintains .knc-rican .standards of engineering at ail points. It gives cotirses in Civil, F.lec-trical, and Mechanical Kngineering.
Students interested in engineering will find Robert College an excellent place to secure their training through the medium of the Knglish language.
M the meeting of (he F.gyjitian Parliament on .May i, 1!);J0, liotii Hey ci Gezzar, a member of Parliament, spoke on the (jnestion of {'omjailsory Kduca-tion in F'.gypt.
Af^r referring to the inade<|uatc salaries j:aid to teachers, he said: “i have a word to say in the inatter of Physical i'.ducation in the Government Schools of Egypt. .As we come to the meetings of this Parliament we pass each time the grounds of the .America.t Tmiversity at Cairo where we observe the most comjilete attention given to physical education. I shotild like to ask why our interest in the jihysical educatioii of onr students is not efju tl to that of the .American Fniversitv. since we too know that a sotmd mind should he in a sound bodv.”
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MANY STUDENTS WILL ATTEND GUEST PERFORMANCE.
New Feature Is Introduced In College Dramatics.
The Dramatics Committee under the chairmanship of Mr. Howard is inaugurating a new feature in College diamatics by scheduling a “guest ])er-formance ’ of “She Stoops to Conquer”. This guest I'erformance will bo held on Tuesday, May 27th, at 0 p.m. which is the night before the regular performance of the play. The guests at this performance will he etndenfs from a number of schools in Cairo witli whom .A.F.C. has very friendly relationships.
The following schools have been -n-vited and blocks of seats have been reserved for each school:

THE A.U.C. REVIEW
Student Publication of the American College of Arts and Sciences
Vol. VI No 13
Thiirsdav. May 22, 1930.
P.T. 1
A.U.C. Physical Pdiicatioii Impresses Pg^ypt
COLLEGE FLAYERS WILL GIVE GREAT CLASSIC COMEDY.
“She Stoops to Conquer” WHl Ci">wn Successful Year of Drama Production.
'I'lio filtli anmiai C.'oiimieiic.'iiu'iu I’lav of the C'ollej;e will he a i rnlii'-tion known lar and wide as cue < i the most entertaining of eiassir comedies. whether j ast of ] resent. he-ing, namely, Oliver (loldsmith's, “She Stoo]is To ('on(|iier". F.wart Me.ic riai Hall, of